Price ticket



Dec.24,1935. 1w HUTT 2,025,167

PRICE TICKET Filed May 17, 1935 [7; we 72 in) Patented Dec. 24, 1935UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PRICE TICKET James William Hutt, Toronto,Ontario, Canada Application May 1'7, 1935, Serial No. 21,998

4 Claims.

The invention appertains to a ticket or tag structure applied-to textilegoods and/or articles made therefrom. The invention more particularlyconcerns a ticket or tag structure of the pinless class for use on sheergoods or articles on which a pin ticket would be objectionable due tothe likelihood of its use resulting in injury to the fabric through theattaching pin piercing it.

The present invention provides an efficient and serviceable attachingmeans for a price ticket or the like which does not pierce or otherwisedamage the textile fabric to which it is applied. This renders itparticularly suitable for use upon sheer hosiery to which it may be veryreadily applied.

The invention consists essentially of a ticket body of pasteboardfoldable upon itself and having one of its ends supplied with atransverse slot and the other end fitted with an upstanding wire loop orthe like. In applying the ticket it is placed over the edge of thearticle and the ends pressed together so as to cause the wire loop toenter the slot with the material of the article thereover. The slot ispreferably shaped to compose opposing lips that interlock with the loopand thus secure the ticket.

Referring to the accompanying .drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective viewof the ticket spread out flat.

Figure 2 is an edge view thereof showing the body folded at rightangles.

Figure 3 is a left-hand view of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal section of the ticket completely folded andshowing the manner in which the ends interlock.

Figure 5 is a plan View of the ticket attached to goods.

Figure 6 is a section along line 66 of Figure 5.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of thefigures throughout the drawing of the invention.

The drawing is illustrative of the preferred form of the invention, andshows an elongated ticket body 8 of suitable material such as the usualpasteboard. The body is crease-d or otherwise prepared for folding abouta transverse bend line 9 located slightly nearer the end I so that whenthe other end I I is folded over, it will project or overhang as seen inFigures 4 and 6.

The end II] has a fastening elment I2 secured to it comprising asubstantially U-shaped wire having its ends I3 extending longitudinallyof the body inwardly of the edge I4 with the extremities I forcedthrough the material of the body and clinched on the inner face I6. Thisstapling of ends firmly secures the fastening element, and

is performed by a machine common to the pinticket industry. The bight I1is semi-circular and bent at right angles to the ends I3 and the planeof the end It so as to upstand from the inner face I6.

The other end I I of the body has a transverse slot I8 adapted toregister with the bight IT in the folding of the body. The opposing sideedges of the slot are curved away from each other as at I9 on an arc ofa circle and are spaced apart a distance less than the diameter of thewire forming the bight. Said curved edges compose lips for gripping thetextile material.

To attach the ticket, the end It is placed under the edge portion of thegoods 20 and the other end is folded over the goods and pressed down sothat its slot I8 will engage and receive the bight ll of the fasteningelement. The lips are thus forced under the loop or bight and grip thegoods thereover. It has been demonstrated that this mode of attachingthe ticket does not injure the goods and yet secures an excellent gripupon them that does not yield in their customary handling.

What I claim is:

1. A ticket of the class described composed of a body adapted to befolded upon itself so as to bring one part into overlying relation Withthe other part, and interlocking attaching means incorporated therewithconsisting of a U-shaped wire having its ends stapled to one of saidparts and its bight bent atright angles to the inner face thereof, andopposing pliant lips provided on the other of said parts of the bodyreceptive to said bight.

2. A ticket of the class described composed of a body adapted to befolded upon itself so as to bring one part into overlying relation withthe other part, one of said parts having a transverse slot of which theside edges recede in an arc of a circle to compose lips approximatingeach other, and an upstanding wire loop rigidly attached to the other ofsaid parts of the body adapted to be forced in the slot so that the lipswill snap past the bight portion of the loop.

3. A ticket of the class described composed of an elongated pasteboardbody having a bend line transversely of its length and nearer one endthan the other, said body being foldable about the bend line so that oneend will project beyond the edge of the other, the projecting end havinga transverse slot of which the sides recede on an arc of a circle topresent lips approximating each other, a U-shaped wire having asemi-circular bight bent at right angles to its ends and disposedperpendicularly at the edge of the end of the body opposite the slottedend aforesaid, said wire having its ends stapled to the body, the bightbeing adapted to be forced into the slot so that the lips thereof willengage under it.

4. A ticket for textile fabric, said ticket consisting of a pasteboardbody adapted to be folded upon itself so as to bring one part intooverlying relation with the other part, one of said 10 parts having anelongated slot of which the 0pposing side edges protrude forwardlytowards each other from substantially the ends of the slot, theprotruding portions composing lips free to flex, and a fastening elementupstanding from the inner face of the other of said parts of theaforesaid body, said fastening element having a rigid loop portionadapted to be forced in the slot so that the lips will snap past it.

JAMES WILLIAM HUTT.

